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| | | Article Name : | | | Analysis of Selected Aspects of Cultural Identity in
Compositions by Young Learners from the Baltic
States based on Data from Baltic Young Learners of
English Corpus Project | | Author Name : | | | VIKTORIJA BITKEVI?IEN?
| | Publisher : | | | Bridge Center | | Article URL : |  | | | Abstract : | | | The following article analyses selected aspects of cultural
identity. These aspects include family, migration/globalization, and
national identity. Since Stuart Hall’s work was the most prominent to
the formation and development of cultural studies, the particular
aspects of cultural identity were chosen according to Hall’s theory.
Thus, national identity represents a core of the cultural identity, family
represents stability, and, as a contrary, migration is chosen as a
symbol of instability. The main source for this research is
compositions written by 12-year-old Lithuanian, Latvian, and
Estonian young learners within the framework of the BYLEC (Baltic
Young Learners of English Corpus) project. The main focus of the
research was to compare the constituents of cultural identity in
Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia. These constituents included the
references in young learners’ compositions towards national identity,
family, and migration/globalization. The results indicated that most
of the ideas are shared among the Lithuanians, Latvians, and
Estonians. The literature on the topic suggested that Lithuanians and
Latvians have more in common, for example, mass migration and
similar economic situation. However, the findings in young learners’
compositions contradict this tendency. Although in some instances
Estonians express a somewhat different point of view from their
neighbours in Lithuania and Latvia, it constitutes a small number of
examples. | | Keywords : | | | Stuart Hall, cultural identity, family, migration,
globalization, national identity, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia. |
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